Background
He was born on October 8, 1830 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, a few months after his parents had come to America. He was the eldest child of John Sartain and Susannah Longmate (Swaine) Sartain.
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ClassicPix Photo Print 30x40: The Song of The Angels, 1872
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ClassicPix Canvas Print 16x20: Christ Stilling The Tempest, 1867
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Samuel Sartain
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He had studied the art under his father, and at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Career
Before the boy was seventeen years of age he won fame among artists by engraving Harlow's portrait of Benjamin West.
About 1851 he established his own business in Philadelphia, working for various publishers. He was commissioned by the Art Union of Philadelphia in 1854 to engrave the painting "Clear the Track" by Christian Schussele, and won for this work a silver medal from the Franklin Institute. Many of his best plates were engraved after works by Peale, Sully, and Neagle.
Sartain's patience and technical dexterity were evidenced in his mechanical engraving of the Lord's Prayer on a silver dollar. An active interest in various phases of scientific research led the artist to establish contact with the Franklin Institute, of which he was manager for thirty years and treasurer for the last fifteen years of his life.
He was also an expert amateur photographer, and for many years was vice-president of the Photographic Society of Philadelphia.
Achievements
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He excelled especially in mezzotint and line engravings, and his skill was sought for illustrating biographical works with portrait-engravings. One of his most important engravings: a portrait of Alexander Johnston Cassatt. He also engraved many plates of biblical subjects popular during the period of the Civil War. From these plates enormous editions were printed and sold. In some instances sales were so great that the original plate was worn beyond repair and a duplicate plate had to be substituted to satisfy the demand. Among the most popular were: "Christ Blessing Little Children, " after Eastlake; "One of the Chosen, " after Guy; "Christ Stilling the Tempest, " after Hamilton; and "The Song of the Angels, " after Moran.
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ClassicPix Photo Print 30x40: The Song of The Angels, 1872
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ClassicPix Canvas Print 16x20: Christ Stilling The Tempest, 1867
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ClassicPix Photo Print 30x40: The Song of The Angels, 1872
Connections
He was married to Harriet Amelia Judd of Waterbury, Connecticut, on Dec. 11, 1854. She became one of the leading pioneer women physicians of the country, combining domestic and professional life until her retirement from active work in 1889. They had three children, one of whom died young.
